As a relative newbie to unix in general, not sure what the process you described below is to do stepwise rebuilds. I couldn't find any older builds in the 4.x outside of 4.8.
I did try a clean install (dumped and repartioned) from a 4.8 RELEASE from an ISO cd and encountered the same problem. Xserver dependants failed and the final prompt " hmmmm, can't even extract the binary...." It also failed two firewire modules at the beginning, but I ignored that as unessential. I have the latest revision on the DAC960 raid card, 524 MEG ram, and dual PIII 750s so all of that is more than adequate. I did the mentioned memory test and that's fine. this is pretty frustrating..... Dan Date sent: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 09:03:28 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copies to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 4.8 on i386 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Hello, > >Are there issues with trying to install 4.8 on i386 machines? I've tried > >upgrading from 4.2 on ISO cd to using the FTP site directly, even tried > >a clean install from the ISO but the istall continues to fall apart while > >retrieving anything with the Xserver and the binary itself. I just, this > >AM, used the FTP direct upgrade (thinking my ISO burn was faulty), > >skipped through the Xserve stuff that failed and allegedly did a > >successful upgrade. On reboot I get: > > > >booting(kernel)... > >can't load 'kernel' > >can't load 'kernel.old' > >no bootable kernel > >ok > > > >I have a Mylex 760 raid card, is this the impediment? The 4.2 is > >successful without a hitch. I have an AMI 3.0 bios, a Super p6dgs/dbs > >motherboard. I've downloaded the ISO from different FTP sites and > >still get the same result from ISO install attempts. Any words for the > >unwise here? > > > >thanks, > > > >Dan > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > I won't call you unwise, but it's a loooong way from 4.2 > to 4.8. If you've still got a 4.2 world and a 4.2 kernel, I'd > try to use cvsup/makebuildworld/../../../mergemaster (etc.) > to get to 4.4, then 4.6, then 4.8 or 4.9.............. > > Can you explain the phrase "FTP direct upgrade" a little > more clearly? Do you mean using /stand/sysinstall? > > You may need to wait until some bigger brains see your > question.... : ( > > Kevin Kinsey > DaleCo, S.P. > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
